Author Biography

I absolutely love Dr. Seuss because of his interesting characters and great morals.

Thedor Seuss Geisel- AKA Dr. Seuss- was born in 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He attended Dartmouth College as a teenager and later went onto Oxford University in England. After being bored with his studies, he decided to tour Europe instead of attend school, and when he returned to the United States, he bagan to pursue a career as a cartoonist. He worked for various newspapers and magazines before he published his first childrens book To Think That I saw it on Mulberry Street (which was rejected 27 times before it finally got published!)

Though Dr. Seuss wrote many memorable books, The Cat in the Hat was the book that took his career to new heights, and came about in a very interesting way. The company Houghton Mifflin asked Theodor to write and illustrate a children's book that had only 223 new readers vocabulary words. After the release of this book, Dr. Seuss started to be recognized as a childrens literature legend.

Dr. Seuss, who was not really a Dr. "......has paid untold millions of house calls to welcoming children and their greatful parents" says Clifton Fadiman in the preface of Six by Suess. Dr. Suess never had any children of his own said "You make 'em- I amuse 'em."

Theodore Seuss Geisel wrote and illustrated 44 books durning his lifetime. They have been translated into over 15 different languages and has sold over 200 million copies. His books have been the basis for numerous television specials, full length films, and a broadway musical.

He was awarded two Emmy's, two Academy awards, a Peabody award and the Pulitzer Prize. Many academic lesson plans are written to encompass his books and many schools across the world celebrate Dr. Suess Day on March 2nd. His work continues to be read by chilren all over the world and lives in many of the hearts of adults, including mine! Here is a list of books written by Dr. Seuss.

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, 1937
Bartholomew and the Oobleck, 1949
The Butter Battle Book, 1984
Cat in the Hat, 1957
Cat in the Hat Comes Back, 1958
Cat's Quizzer, The
Daisy-Head Mayzie
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? 1973
Dr. Seuss ABC, 1963
Dr. Seuss Sleep Book, 1962
The Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, 1938
The Foot Book, 1968
Fox in Socks, 1965
Great Day for Up! 1974
Green Eggs and Ham, 1960
Happy Birthday to You, 1959
Hop on Pop, 1963
Horton Hatches the Egg, 1940
Horton Hears a Who, 1954
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 1957
Hunches in Bunches, 1982
I Am Not Going to Get up Today!, 1987
I Can Draw It Myself: By Me, Myself with a Little Help from My Friend Dr. Seuss, 1970
I Can Lick Thirty Tigers Today & Other Stories, 1969
I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!, 1978
I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, 1992
If I Ran the Circus, 1956
If I Ran the Zoo, 1950
King's Stilts, 1939
The Lorax, 1971
McElligot's Pool, 1947
Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now, 1972
Mister Brown Can Moo, Can You, 1970
My Book About Me, 1969
Oh, Say Can You Say?, 1979
Oh, the Places You'll Go!, 1990
Oh! The Thinks You Can Think!, 1975
On Beyond Zebra, 1955
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, 1960
Scrambled Eggs Super!, 1953
The Seven Lady Godivas, 1987
Shape Of Me And Other Stuff, 1973
Sneetches And Other Stories, 1969
There's a Wocket in My Pocket! 1974
Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose, 1948
Wet Pet, Dry Pet, Your Pet, My Pet
Yertle the Turtle & Other Stories, 1958
You're Only Old Once

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